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Past articles by Gene Edward:
The Democratic Presidential Candidates
A look at the Democratic presidential candidates and their prospects for winning their party's nomination and for defeating President Trump. → Read More
Notre Dame and the Two Kinds of Secularism
European secularism seeks to erase religion from the public square, whereas American secularism opposes an established religion by means of religious liberty. France has taken the former approach, but its reaction to the burning of Notre Dame suggests that it cannot do without religion after all. → Read More
Baptism as the Point of No Return
Muslims consider baptism "the point of no return," at which point a convert is no longer a Muslim but a Christian, inviting persecution. → Read More
Seeing a Black Hole
We now have a photographic image of a black hole, one of the most mysterious objects in the universe, which distorts time, space, and the laws of physics. → Read More
Where the Left Got Its Ideas about Oppression, Sex, & Gender
Knud Skov, a confessional Lutheran from Denmark, sent me an essay that he had written about the origins of current assumptions about oppression, sex, and gender. I thought that what he says about the Frankfurt School, Michel Foucault, and Judith Butler would be of interest to all of my readers. He gave me → Read More
We’re Not Supposed to Have a Democracy
The United States is not supposed to be a democracy. The Constitution has built in protections against majority rule so as to protect individuals and minorities. But the aptly named Democrats running for president are seeking to eliminate those protections. → Read More
“Vocation: How God Provides for Us”
A special issue of "Interest Time" gives a good, brief--but in depth--introduction to vocation, including its difference with "occupation" and an interview with me, in which I tell about how I first stumbled upon the concept. → Read More
Europe’s Plan to Destroy the Internet
The European Union has passed a new Copyright Directive that would require websites to pay licensing fees to sources they excerpt or link to. Platforms would also be liable if anyone posts copyrighted material. This would fundamentally alter the internet as we know it. → Read More
A Vast Online Collection of Prayers
Introducing "A Collection of Prayers," a website giving 1200 prayers from every era in the church, broken down by topic, season, liturgical function, and source. They are in the public domain and are vetted theologically (by Lutheran standards), properly sourced, and modernized for contemporary use. → Read More
Evangelicals Aren’t Declining After All
The most reliable social survey has found that, contrary to what we keep hearing, the percentage of evangelicals in America continues to hold steady, at just under a fourth of the population. There are about as many Nones, but they often become evangelicals. → Read More
The Difference between Conservatives & Progressives–and Christians
Conservatives are said to believe in a natural and social order, whereas progressives believe such order is inherently oppressive. The Christian doctrine of sin complicates both positions. → Read More
The College Admissions Scandal vs. Classical Christian Education
The college admissions scandal raises issues about the purpose of education and what we want for our children. → Read More
Demagoguing Tax Refunds
Some taxpayers are complaining that their refunds are less, concluding that the tax cut is a scam. But the lower rates mean that not so much of their paycheck had to be withheld. Despite this factual explanation, some politicians are trying to demagogue the issue. → Read More
Progressives Say Abortion is the Key Progressive Cause
Some progressives are saying that the defining cause of progressivism is the unlimited right to an abortion. Not economic justice, not environmentalism, not racial equality, but abortion. And they are attacking old-school leftists like Bernie Sanders for thinking otherwise. → Read More
“It Is Never Necessary” to Kill a Viable Fetus to Save the Woman’s Life
If a woman's life is in danger from a late-term pregnancy, according to a statement from physicians, the treatment in modern medicine is to deliver the baby by C-section. A late-term abortion is never necessary. → Read More
What Churches Need to Know about Sexual Crimes
As churches try to deal with the plague of sexual abuse in their midst, many church people are ignorant about what constitutes sex crimes in the civil law. A primer on sexual assault, statutory rape, sexual harassment, and how to report them. → Read More
Pope Says God Wills the Diversity of Religions
The Pope, in an accord with Islam, says that the different religions of the world are God's will. → Read More
How to Pay for the Progressive Agenda
What would universal health care, free college, and guaranteed jobs cost and how would we pay for them? According to liberal numbers, it would take a tax of 100% of corporate profits and 100% of everyone's income over $150,000. → Read More
Democrat Blocks Bill Protecting “Abortion Survivors”
Sen. Ben Sasse has put forward a bill to protect babies who are born during the course of a late-term abortion. Why would even pro-choicers oppose that, since the child would no longer be part of a woman's body? But a Democratic senator has blocked the bill. → Read More
Transgenderism as a “Men’s Rights Movement”
The feminist and the lesbian critiques of transgenderism. → Read More